Month: November 2004

  • HOW GOOD ARE YOU AT USA GEOGRAPHY?



    Drag and drop the state outlines where you think they should be.  (I missed five, but I was close!)


    CLICK HERE TO PLAY


  • (This is one of the better e-mails I have received in a long time!)


    THE LAW IS THE LAW




    So if the US government determines that it is against the law for the words “under God” to be on our money, then, so be it.


    And if that same government decides that the “Ten Commandments” are not to be used in or on a government installation, then, so be it.


    And since they already have prohibited any prayer in the schools, on which they deem their authority, then so be it.


    I say, “so be it,” because I would like to be a law abiding US citizen.


    I say, “so be it,” because I would like to think that smarter people than I are in positions to make good decisions.


    I would like to think that those people have the American Peoples’ best interests at heart.


    BUT, YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE I’D LIKE?


    Since we can’t pray to God, can’t Trust in God and cannot Post His Commandments in Government buildings.


    I don’t believe the Government and it’s employees should participate in the Easter and Christmas celebrations which honor the God that our government is eliminating from many facets of American life.


    I’d like my mail delivered on Christmas, Good Friday, Thanksgiving & Easter.


    After all, it’s just another day.


    I’d like the US Supreme Court to be in session on Christmas, Good Friday, Thanksgiving & Easter as well as Sundays.


    After all, it’s just another day.


    I’d like the Senate and the House of Representatives to not have to worry about getting home for the “Christmas Break.”


    After all ~ it’s just another day.


    I’m thinking that a lot of my taxpayer dollars could be saved, if all government offices & services would work on Christmas, Good Friday & Easter.


    It shouldn’t cost any overtime since those would be just like any other day of the week to a government that is trying to be “politically correct”.


    In fact…. I think that our government should work on Sundays (initially set aside for worshipping God…) because, after all, our government says that it is ….


    just another day….

  • FENDER SKIRTS !!

     Someone e-mailed this to me, and I thought those of us over a “certain age” would remember these.

    Are we old or what!!!  What a great blast from the
    past!   I haven’t thought about “fender skirts” in
    years.  Thinking about “fender skirts” started me thinking about
    other words that quietly disappear from our language with hardly a
    notice.  Like “curb feelers” and “steering knobs.”   Any
    kids will probably have to find some elderly person over 50 to explain
    some of these terms to you.

     
    Remember
    “Continental kits?”
    They were rear bumper extenders and spare tire covers that were
    supposed to make any car as cool as a Lincoln Continental. ….And when did
    we quit calling it the “emergency brake” and start calling it the
    “parking brake”?  Do you miss the hint of drama that went with
    “emergency brake.” 

    I’m sad, too, that almost all the old
    folks are gone who would call the accelerator the “foot
    feed.”   Did you ever wait down the street for your dad to
    come home, so you could ride on the “running board” up to the house?

     
    “Coast
    to coast” is a phrase that once held all sorts of excitement and now
    means almost nothing. Now we take the term “worldwide” for granted.
     
    This
    floors me. On a smaller scale, “wall-to-wall” was once a magical term
    in our homes. In the ’50s, everyone covered his or her hardwood
    floors  with, wow, wall-to-wall carpeting! Today, everyone
    replaces their wall-to-wall carpeting with hardwood floors. Go figure.
     

     

    Here’s
    a word I miss – “percolator.” That was just a fun word to say. And what
    was it replaced with? “Coffeemaker.”  How dull! …..Mr. Coffee, I blame you
    for this.

    Some words aren’t gone, but are definitely on the endangered list.
    The one that grieves me a great deal is “supper.”   Now everybody says “dinner.”

    So save a great word and invite someone to supper to discuss fender
    skirts and running boards. 

  • I BOUGHT MY SWEETIE A RIDING MOWER



    I  know I spoil her too much. But you know me, nothing but the best for my Irish Bride!


  • SOME CUTE CHICKS I FOUND SURFING THE NET


     



           To hear the band click here!

  • MY NEW INVESTMENT PROPERTY



    I haven’t said anything to anybody about this until now because I wanted to wait until things were final. I just purchased a one bedroom condo near Hanalei Bay in Oahu, Hawaii as an investment property. 


    Can you believe it!


    Escrow finally closed last week. I thought that I would let you all know in case anyone is interested in accommodations for an upcoming getaway to the islands.  It’s available for weekends or on a weekly basis.  For now, I will be handling bookings until I can find the cheapest agent.


    Weekends will cost about $250.00 for three nights and $550 for the week. These prices are low because they are for friends and family only.


    Prices will be vastly different for people I don’t know, but we can discuss that on an individual basis.


    In any case, it’s a one-bedroom, high-rise unit that overlooks the ocean, nestled among lush greens, and has a lovely ocean view from every window! See photo below.


     


    Let me know if you’re interested


     


  • SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT….WHAT IF ABE LINCOLN HAD LOST THE ELECTION? 




    Country at a Crossroads
    November 2 will say a lot about the American people, and our future
    by Victor Davis Hanson
    http://victorhanson.com/articles/hanson102604.html


    “Had Lincoln lost the 1864 vote, a victorious General McClellan would have settled for an American continent divided, with slavery intact. Without Woodrow Wilson’s reelection in 1916 — opposed by the isolationists — Western Europe would have lost millions only to be trampled by Prussian militarism. Franklin Roosevelt’s interventionism saved liberal democracy. And without the 1980 election of Ronald Reagan and his unpopular agenda for remaking the military, the Soviet Union might still be subsidizing global murder.


    This election marks a similar crossroads in our history. We are presented with two radically different candidates with profound disagreements about how to conduct a historic worldwide war. We should remember that all our victorious past presidents were, at the moments of their crises, deeply unpopular precisely because they chose the difficult, long-term sacrifice for victory over the expedient and convenient pleas for accommodation (if not outright capitulation). We are faced with just such an option today: a choice between a president whose call for patience and sacrifice promises victory, and a pessimist stirring the people with the assurances that we should not have fought, and now cannot win, the present war in Iraq.


    Read the rest at http://victorhanson.com/articles/hanson102604.html